spirit
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- noun
- /ˈspɪrɪt/
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fantasma
- I sensed the presence of the Holy Spirit this morning, I swear it.
- evil spirits
- spirits of the dead
- possessed by spirits
He thinks he's the reincarnated spirit of Alexander the Great.
- He thinks he's the reincarnated spirit of Alexander the Great.
- She danced for the unseen spirits of the dead and the unborn.
- It makes this noise and, and so supposedly spirits come through and talk.
- And she's up, up, up, up around in the spirit realm saying, Lord have mercy.
- What her family doesn't know is that she has some weird spirit in her mind talking to her.
- So that's we use our rattles to call spirit and send Spirit.
- There are like spirits involved and they're like real humans.
Examples
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My home is here in the Great Spirit.
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And know that behind these eyes is still the child of the Spirit, always there.
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Because if you say, great Spirit, please let there be rain.
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Calling out to the spirits in this room.
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Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
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His body's gone, but his spirit, his spirit is still here.
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People believed in all sorts of different kinds of spirits and demons.
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These are actually the lingering spirits of people who used to be alive.
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All these years you told us we were rescued from the fire by a great guardian spirit, the Hogo-sha.
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The haunted house is said to be inhabited by a mischievous spirit that plays tricks on visitors.
Synonyms
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The spirit of a dead person that people can see or feel
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A ghost or spirit that people think they see
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A ghost that people say appears and frightens them at night
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An invisible presence people believe can affect human life
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A being like a ghost or spirit that can affect people
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A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
Compounds
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The presence of God that Christians believe works in the world to guide and comfort people
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A feeling of pride and responsibility for your town that makes you help improve it
- Literature
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A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
- UK
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A tool with a closed tube and a bubble to check if surfaces like a shelf are flat or upright
- Archaic
A liquid made of alcohol and camphor used to rub on the skin or breathe in for cough relief
A strong feeling of people working together and being determined in hard times
Alcohol made unsafe to drink by adding poisons and used for cleaning or as a fuel
- Slang
A joking way to show strong American pride, for example with flags and eagles
- Specialized
A liquid with fifty percent alcohol that serves as a standard for measuring alcohol strength
- Archaic
A person who makes knocking sounds and says they are messages from the dead
- Specialized
A poisonous alcohol people make by heating wood, used as fuel or solvent
A determined, practical way of working hard and never giving up, often linked to people from the northern United States
How Apparent
- Literature
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- Literature
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∞
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Spirit originally meant 'breath' (spiritus), and many people imagined that when breath left the body it became a soul or ghost. That's why the word can also mean a supernatural being or apparition.